Chikaye Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Chikaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 58 | 1:273,275 | 15,977 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chikaye (19) may also be a first name.
Chikaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chikaye is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chikaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikaye? popularity and diffusion
Chikaye is the 2,185,341st most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Chikaye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikaye are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chikaye is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
The surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 273,275. In Zambia Chikaye is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 91 percent live, Central Province, where 7 percent live and Western Province, where 2 percent live. Other than Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chikaye
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